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"When prosecutors don't cooperate, it's because they are concerned about the strength of their case."

Bales, who was formally charged by the military on Friday, allegedly left the U.S. military base the first time armed with a 9mm handgun and an M-4 rifle outfitted with a grenade launcher.

The soldier accused of massacring 16 Afghan civilians, including women and children, made an ominous and disturbing Facebook comment during an exchange with a friend back home in 2010.

The unidentified soldier accused of massacring 16 civilians in Afghanistan had been drinking the night of the murders, a government source tells the NY Times.

The 38-year-old soldier joined the Army 11 years ago as a sniper, is a married father of two and was deployed to Afghanistan for the first time in December.

The Taliban has vowed revenge against the "American savages" who committed a "blood-soaked and inhumane crime" against innocent Afghan men, women and children.

Villagers and provincial officials say the service member attacked three separate houses, and that five of the victims were girls, age six or younger.

The books were some of the 1,652 slated for burning because officers were suspicious that the prisoners were using notes in their margins to "organize."